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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Professor Ray Kinsella is Director of the Joan Roddy dmj is Director of the Centre for Insurance Studies, which is an Refugee and Migrant Project since it was established centre of excellence in the set up by the Irish Bishops’ Conference role of Private Health Insurance in in 1999. Prior to that, she was involved Healthcare markets. He served two terms with her Congregation in several African on Ireland’s Higher Education Authority, countries including Ghana where, for which has statutory responsibility for managing eight years, she was part of a community university and third-level education. Ray is a member development team. Earlier, she worked for almost a of the faculty of the Management Institute of Paris and decade with the Kilkenny Social Services. the Smurfit Graduate School of Business. He is a visiting Professor at the Institute of European Finance and Adjunct Professor at the University of Bryansk. Nuala O’Loan is the Police Deirdre Carroll is CEO of Inclusion Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Ireland National Association for People responsible for the investigation of all with an Intellectual Disability (Formally complaints against the police. She is a known as NAMHI, National Association qualified solicitor and was the Senior for the Mentally Handicapped of Lecturer holding the Jean Monnet Chair Ireland) since 2001. Prior to that she in European Law at the University of Ulster. She has was the Assistant CEO. Her background is in Social produced more than 50 articles and other Policy and Administration. She has degrees from publications on law, policing, faith and other issues. University College Dublin and the London School of For 16 years she was a voluntary marriage counsellor. Economics. She has worked in the voluntary sector She is married and has 5 sons. for nearly 20 years. David Begg is General Secretary of the William Binchy is Regius Professor of Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He is a Laws at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Director of the Central Ban, a member formerly a special legal adviser on family of the National Economic and Social law reform to the Irish Department of Council (NESC) and of the Council of Justice and Research Counsellor to the the ESRI. He is a Governor of the Irish Law Reform Commission. He is a Times Trust. Between 1997 and 2001 he was CEO of member of the Irish Human Rights Commission. Concern Worldwide, an international humanitarian He has authored and co-authored books on private relief and development agency. international law, torts and family law. He has represented Ireland at the Hague Conference on Private International Law on the themes of marriage and inter-country adoption. He was a member of the Committee on the Offences Against the State Acts, Chaired by the Hon Mr. Justice Anthony Hederman. Dr John Bowman is a broadcaster and historian. He presents current affairs and historical programmes on RTE radio and television. He is a past president of the Irish Association for Cultural Economic and Social Relations. His book De Valera and the Ulster Question: 1917–1973 won the Ewart Biggs Memorial Prize for its contribution to North–South understanding. His television programmes on John Charles McQuaid won the ESB media award for best documentary. iv AGENDA SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES 9.00 am Registration (Tea/Coffee) Sylvia Thompson His Eminence Renato Raffaele Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin in May 2003, and was installed Tilling the garden: the Martino is President of the Pontifical as Archbishop of Dublin on 26 April 2004. Archbishop 9.20 am Welcome Compendium on caring for the Council for Justice and Peace. Born in Martin is Vice-President of the Irish Bishops’ Salerno, Italy, he holds a doctorate in Conference, Chairman of its Department of Social Bishop Raymond Field environment canon law and is fluent in Italian, Issues and International Affairs, Chairman of its Professor Ray Kinsella French, Spanish, English and Portuguese. Commission on Europe, a member of the Bishops’ Irish 9.30 am Prayer & Introduction Morality and the market: the After finishing his studies, he entered the Vatican’s Commission for Justice and Social Affairs and a Trustee Archbishop Seán Brady Diplomatic Service in 1962, serving in Nicaragua, the of Trócaire. Compendium on the economy Philippines, Lebanon and Brazil. In 1980 he was Music from Maynooth Chamber Nuala O’Loan appointed as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Thailand, Dr Raymond Field is Auxiliary Bishop of Choir The privatisation of public Singapore, Laos and Malaysia. That same year he was Dublin. He was ordained to the ordained Titular Archbishop of Segermes. In 1983 he morality: the Compendium on priesthood in 1970 and was ordained was appointed Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Titular Bishop of Ard Mór and Auxiliary 9.50 am Opening Address religious belief and public life Darussalam. In 1986 he was appointed Permanent Bishop of Dublin in September 1997. Cardinal Renato Martino Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, New Bishop Field is a member of the Department of Social Towards a civilisation of love: the York. In October 2002, he was appointed President of 3.00 pm Tea/Coffee Issues and International Affairs of the Bishops’ challenge of Catholic Social the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and was Conference; Chairman of the Bishops’ Commission Doctrine today elevated to the College of Cardinals in October 2003. for Justice and Social Affairs; and Chairperson of the 3.20 pm Address Catholic Healthcare Commission. Bishop Field is also David Begg 10.30 am Tea/Coffee Dr Seán Brady is Archbishop of Armagh a member of the National Executive of ACCORD Solidarity and freedom: defending and Primate of All Ireland. He was and the Bishops’ Commission on the rights and dignity of work in a ordained to the priesthood in 1964. In Healthcare/Disabilities/Drugs. He is also President of 11.00 am Address global economy 1980, he was appointed Vice-Rector of Pax Christi in Ireland. Lord Chris Patten the Irish College, Rome and in 1987 The complex events that mark our became Rector of the College, a post he Lord Chris Patten of Barnes is one of 4.00 pm Panel Speakers followed by a time: the Compendium as an held until 1993, when he returned to Ireland to Britain’s most respected political figures. questions and answers session, He was appointed Chairman of the instrument of social and political become Parish Priest of Castletara, Co. Cavan. In chaired by Dr John Bowman Conservative Party in 1990 and was made discernment in a global context February 1995 he was ordained Coadjutor Archbishop Joan Roddy of Armagh and on the retirement of Cardinal Cahal B. Governor of Hong Kong in 1992, a Global movements of people: the Daly, succeeded as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate position he held until 1997 when he 11.40 am Response oversaw the return of Hong Kong to China. When Compendium on the rights of the of All Ireland on 1 October 1996. He was installed as Archbishop Diarmuid Martin he returned from this post, he became Chairman of family Archbishop of Armagh on 3 November 1996. A shared humanism based on Archbishop Brady is President of the Irish Bishops’ the Independent Commission on Policing in solidarity: principles for reflection, Deirdre Carroll Conference, a member of its Department of Planning Northern Ireland and was associated with the criteria for judgement and Disability and difference: the and Communications and a Trustee of Trócaire. implementation of the Belfast Peace Agreement of 1998–1999. In September 1999 he was appointed guidelines for action Compendium on the inherent Dr Diarmuid Martin is Archbishop of European Commissioner for External Relations, and dignity of the human person on leaving office in Brussels in 2004 was made a life 12.00 pm Questions to Cardinal Martino, Dublin and Primate of Ireland. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1969. He peer. Lord Patten and Archbishop Professor William Binchy entered the service of the Holy See in Martin, chaired by Bishop Field Rights and responsibilities: the Sylvia Thompson is Chairperson of the Kerry Compendium on personal rights 1976 in the Pontifical Council for the Diocesan Justice, Peace & Creation and the common good Family. In 1986 he was appointed Under- Committee (Partner of Pax Christi 12.30 pm Lunch Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and International). She is originally from Co. Peace, and in 1994 Secretary of the same Pontifical Limerick and has been living in Co. 5.20 pm Concluding Remarks 1.30 pm Panel Speakers followed by a Council. In December 1998 he was appointed Titular Kerry since 1994. She is a member of questions and answers session, Bishop Raymond Field Bishop of Glendalough and received the episcopal Pax Christi since 1971 at local, national chaired by Dr John Bowman ordination on 6 January 1999. In March 2001 he was and international levels. In 1998/99 Sylvia was invited elevated to the rank of Archbishop and undertook onto the newly forming Kerry Diocesan Justice responsibilities as Permanent Observer of the Holy Committee, now the Kerry Diocesan Justice, Peace See in Geneva, at the United Nations Office and and Creation Committee. She works as a Speech and Specialised Agencies and at the World Trade Language Therapist with Enable Ireland, based in Organisation. He was appointed Coadjutor Tralee. ii iii.